Brad Pitt Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Brad Pitt is making a movie about a CD that cost $US2 million

Remember Wu-Tang Clan’s Once Upon a Time in Shaolin album? To make a statement about the value of music in

As the biopic trend continues, producers have cast the lead role in Like a Stone, which will tell the Chris

Maybe one more day of erratic posts and email responses. Surgical recovery is taking a little longer than expected. Here’s

With the way music movies and documentaries have taken off over the last couple of years, you just knew this

Do you get those annoying calls from people who want to clean your furnace ducts? I got nine yesterday. NINE.

On this day in 1949, Newfoundland became Canada’s tenth province. Now, in music news… Spotify has raised another $1 billion

Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver
The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
Mark Silver
The Custodian of Toronto Sports – Richard Peddie in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 033 May 27, 2021
Over a 20+ year span, as the Toronto pro sports scene evolved from older venues and stands filled with blue and white (Leafs, Blue Jays, Argonauts) to a more intense red (Raptors, TFC), and grand coliseums that define the city’s skyline, there is one sports executive in particular who ownership looked to. We’re of course […]
Mark Silver